Pakistan

Objectives

NATCAP originally had three main components:

Strengthening EAD’s coordination capacity in responding promptly to emerging national developments as they relate to UN System global agenda and capacity cum comparative advantage.

Substantive capacity building of EAD and enhanced exposure of the line ministries, provincial departments and civil society to programme development, implementation and monitoring through workshops.

Development of systems and procedures for decentralized programme implementation in consonance with corporate NEX Guidelines.

A fourth component has been added to NATCAP to provide catalytic support to, and reinforce innovative governance initiatives of the public, private and civil society organizations. This marks the merger of the PARADIGM project with NATCAP.

In keeping with its stated objectives, NATCAP II has achieved the following significant results:

Development of the Pakistan Foreign Assistance Policy, Joint Action Plan, and Common Results Framework

Validation of DAD Data and Review of Development Partners’ portfolios

Compilation of Pakistan Development Cooperation Reports for 2009 and 2010

Upgrade of DAD with 40 new features

Conducted CPAP Review Workshop 2010

Appraisal of UNDP project proposals

Development and implementation of a Single Reporting Format for PHRP and PFERP

Ownership of UNDP projects by EAD (NIM)

Conducted project staff trainings for EAD and UNDP NIM

Recruitment and Contract Management of NIM staff

Participation in all NIM Project Reviews

Channeling of NIM projects’ funds through bank account management

Facilitation of annual audit exercises